Thought I'd let you guys know that my realtor came to the rescue by finding someone to put to pool back into pristine condition for $400, with each of us contributing $100 (me, seller, and the 2 realtors). Although I shouldn't have had to pay anything it's better than being stuck with the entire cost. They drained, acid washed, chlorine washed (hadn't heard of that before), refilled, and added whatever chemicals were needed. They even cleaned the automatic bottom crawler/cleaner thingy (whatever it's called) as it and the hose were green from the algae. They checked out all the equipment to make sure everything was running properly and set the pump timer. Guess they've had a lot of experience with all the green pools at all the foreclosed houses here.

I haven't seen it yet but the realtor was very impressed with their work. Says it looks brand new and was thinking about getting them to do his own pool, not that it needs all that went into mine.

Closing on the house in 3 weeks and can't wait to jump in

Oh, one question. There's a float mechanism and I was thinking it was to shut off the pump if the water level got to low, to keep the pump from sucking air. Realtor says its to automatically add water to the pool to keep it filled due to evaporation. Which is it? Seems to me protecting the pump makes more sense, although either way it insures that the pump doesn't run dry.